Engage-Share-Inspire MK CIO

Registered charity 1166148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEALTHWATCH MK CIO

Healthwatch MKCIO is the wholly independent local consumer champion for health and social care for Milton Keynes and its surrounding catchment area, representing the collective voice of the public and the people who use the services. It engages with local communities, including networks of local voluntary organisations, the public and the people who use the services to ascertain their views.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL -HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY: (A) PROVIDING INFORMATION, ADVOCACY AND ADVICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES; (B) MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOWN TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS; (C) ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES; (D) PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINISING, REVIEWING AND MONITORING LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE FACILITIES, AND; (E) PROVIDING TRAINING, SUPPORT, AND SERVICES TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHICH ADVANCE HEALTH EQUALITIES AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC; (F) PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT, AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO PROFESSIONALS WHICH ADVANCE HEALTH EQUALITIES, AND THE QUALITY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £40,536 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £119,405. The trustees confirmed that reserves exceed the planned level of £69,000, which is calculated to cover three months of operating costs for an orderly closure. The accounts state that the going concern basis is appropriate as there is no current indication of risk regarding the main grant funding.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeffrey George Maslenchair
• Anjna Sharma
• Carol Anne Older
• Essie Odelia Oritsemisan Adejare
• Gareth Glyndwr Lewis
• Paul William Day · trustee of 2 other charities
• Shirley Pointer
• Stephen John Lazell

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEALTHWATCH KIRKLEES.

• HEALTHWATCH KIRKLEES income £437k
• COMMUNITY ACTION: MK income £841k
• THE MILTON KEYNES ISLAMIC AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION CIO income £409k
• HIGHCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO income £47k
• HEALTHWATCH NORFOLK income £833k
• HEALTHWATCH CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE income £243k

Side by side with its peers

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